The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-27 00:00:00

( T HE SEASONS CONCJitiltd. TIRE MQDEL OF THE BATTLE OF _lll . WA TERLOO is NOW EXHIBITED at the V.YP TY AN tIALL P ICCADILLY, by b r illi an t Artificial ight. 'Constantly illumin a t e d f rom Four o'clock i n th e o.ft ernoon, arh i thro ughout the Day in dark or unfavourabl e Wkather.,. 9pen f rom Ten in the tlldening until Nine in the Evening, with out intermission. Admittance One Shilling. THE THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY of - w the RE-OPENING 'of 'GERARD'S HALL will be on . 114 4 ," I tsDAY, the sth of December, when the FRIENDS of YUNGHUSBAND intend to DINE together. Alderman T OHOMAS WOOD, Esq., Sheriff, will preside. STEAM between BRISTOL and NEW YORK. in...A L TERATION of the DAYS of SAILING of the HE GREAT WESTERN, p In cons equence of the pressing solicitations of a number of Mogen' and Merchants, the Directors have determined that the et..., i l AT WESTERN, JAME S HOSKEN, R.N., Commander, -"dbe appointed to Sail } ROY BRISTOL. 1 ' , ROM NEW YORK. 1 9th Jan uary, 1839. 1 13th February, 1839. 9th Niarch. 27 th April. 3d April. I l 3th June. 22d May.loth July. 3cl August. 28th August. 21st September. I 9t 16th October. it November. 4hecember. u:ltres to N ew York, in best State Rooms,t 40 Guineas ; in other Ite Room s , 35 Guineas. Children and Servants, Half Price. if Specie if Cleve Twenty Thousand Pounds, at % per Cent., under that amount and 4 per Ce n t. ,__l,N all that e further Freight can be received with ou t p rev i ous app li ca ti on , 4a nitarv. may be secured mu s t b e on b oar d on W e d nes d ay, 16 t h Sff " certifillVers of D e b enture Goods will please to take notice that the oo „ cates must be transferred to themselves, or the Goods can ,i..l°e s hipped. All Bill s of L ad i ng not previously given, will be h o at the Offic of Tvrelve and For infor An experienced S urgeon i s attac h e d to the Ship. , r. mation, and to secure State Rooms, apply to Sir. do ' 3 1 Ward, Great W estern R a i lway Office, Prince ' s -street, Lon ,ti ,"°o ; Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, an d C e ., Li verpoo l ; Messrs. Ha- iv r. , Br ot h er, and Co., Glasgow; Mr. W. David son , H avre; ~ panY • ;A• And e llp, , Paris; and of Christopher Claxton, at the Com- Office N .B ~,rso. "1:41 0 - 7Fassenge rs are particularly revested to have the word gt,„, w , ' in large letters, written on such portions of their lug • are not required in their berths. 1ii.;46 Shippers will take notice that the Freight by the Great An ntrn will be collected in New York, at the rate of 4 Dollars ''''' tents. to the Pound Sterling. No Second Class or Steerage Passengers taken. stj.GREAT ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THE NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Waterloo- place, Pall-mall, and 2, Charlotte-row, Mansion- Thi s house, London. to st `-'oMpany, established by Act of Parliament, affords . the w he Perfect security from an ample capital, and only requires, 1, '4l Insurance is for the whole period of life, one half of the l i e , t a r Moderate Premiums to be paid for the first five years after the k i , u , s f the Policy, the other half may remain, subject to the pay of interest at 5 per cent. annually, to be deducted air death, or easy fen be paid off at convenience. It obviously becomes tan, a person of very moderate income to secure, by this ar afte'l"ht, a provision for his family ; and should he at any time kabr_effecting the insurance succeed to, or acquire, a fortune . , he f o J t clin e first ive Tilsi t his policy, having only paid one half the premiums years, instead of the whole, as in all other Corn e• Thus a man of 25 years old may, by an annual payment of dreo, 6l , ; 3 41 for the first five years, secure to his widow and chil -14 ni3 death payment of no less than 3,0001., subject only to Neduction o f 1 44 1 . Is. 3d., being the amount of premium un kidtle , ~2 his Company h o ld s out, i n var i ous other respects, great eleirrnts to th e p u bli c. W hen such facilities are afforded, it is tt lie Y, a moral duty in every parent who is not poressed of a for ktitt out of an income, however moderate, to insure his life for a w hich may yield a comfortable provision for his family. Age. RATES or PREMIUM. Without Profits. With Profits. 30 ......... 18 5 ................ 2 3 10 2 8 2 40 ................ 2 19 1 6500 ............ 69 -- ................ 6 15 3 Annuities are granted on very liberal terms. Paul HONORA RY PRESIDENTS. P4O °f Errol of C Lord Viscount Eastno r , M.P. t ; ourtown Lord Viscount Glandine toirr, Leven and Melville Lord Elhinsne 4 scount Falkl an d Lord Bel p haven to and Stenten Sir J. H. Dalrymple, Bart. DIRECT - ARS. JAMES STUART Esq., Chairman. Ch ao _ WM. PLASKET, Esq., Deputy Chairman. N/o_,. Downes, Esq. George H. Gordon, Esq. Al_rt"n Balmanno, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. _eX• Balmanno, Esq. er Utl Anderson, Esq. H. B. Avarne, Esq. N. P. Levi, Esq. Pitt,..matlei Grail. Esq. John Ritchie, Esq. ''' HALEaTrnHOISON, Esq., Surgeon, 48, Berners-street Oxford-street. 4 - ter EDWARD BOYD, Esq., Resident. en:i Director nformation will be afforded, by application to the Resi 4, Edward Boyd, Esq., 8, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall ticooSOCIETIES K and PRIVATE FAMI, WoR,LIEs thr oug h out the kin2 - .dom are SUPPLIED with Per annum ;(‘S in every department of literature, at the following terms :—Families paying -5 0 I will be en-1 books at a tim e 30 t t .4 0 t titled tof 1 in town or in the country. . 3 0 12 I) 4 , i ' tha n h alf of which may be the newest public ations. ditto. Clubs ap( i ng 91. N. can have 10 sets ; 171. 175., 20 sets ; 261. 55., 33 Leh liberty at one time (and so on, in proportion, to any extent), ~fte`!l liberty to exchange and select at pleasure. The advantages ~.r , ed to clubs, in addition to the facility of procuring all new li t :_ 4 l thus economically, are the means of choosing from a mass of c e ',lure that has been accumulating for upwards of 40 years, and kt:Perience a great portion of that time has afforded in perfect -9 !Meru which has given unqualified satisfaction. Individual tbkrtrtlbers of 21. 2s. per annum, 11. 6s. the half-year, or 15a. per tevi ew r; can have an early perusal of the new works, magazines, and Catalogue, 2 , 4. 6d. Horne and Co., Librarians, 105, Cheapside, W A'A BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. IN and CO., 92. Fleet -street, TAILORS, 13 ")., to HER MAJESTY th. QUEEN. FOR GREAT COATS. 4 a Ssortment of Waterpr oo f Mill e d B eaver Cl o th s . Dd 0,..114 1 4FOR DRESS en . Y a l,, l kud and rich assortmt of Figur WAISTCOATS ed Velvets, Silks, Shawls, Itti"las, of th e c h o i cest patterns. SUITS OF THE BEST WEST OF ENGLAND N.tt 0 CLOTHS, From 41. 10s. t. 6/. 6s. 'erYants' Liveries, either for State or common occasions. " 1 41 "- s" of eyery descipti ll ' , tastefully and elegantly Embroidered ~321 device, in Gold, SiLr, or in Colours. 4 MMENSE SAVING IN TEAS.- 41 141 re principle upon which our business is based, is the sup- Ci l liek t i lli lies at wholesale CASH prises. The leading article 4 / :` , 14. ea, which we recommend especially to Hotels, Sehools, ithl,trtitablishments is our Strong Congou on the Souchong laj°,ll4 l ,''a. fid. per lb. ' This Tea is part of the remaining stock t h'lthe East India Company, and is precisely One Shilling N, l , 4 ae e e ,aPer than at the corresponding period of last year. k i t lb. !'ebrity of our finer Black Teas at 4s. 4d. and 4s. Bd. 4 1 :v 1 40'1, 1S acquiring daily confirmation from an extensive sale k t Y e tpl Ze made trial of their qualities are fully satisfied that Ilk What is currently charged Five to Seven Shillings per lb. s. d. k i r t atop East India Co m p an y' s C ongos' (on the Souchong 3 6 1;1,46414"kerY. f ull*** *** *** Cois go u Iti r h e h est leaf (Pekoe kind). Itth.,.ongou (ripe Pekoe Souchong flavour) . 4 >i ke 6' lel Nouchong . delivered to all parts of the Metropolis, and to the (le refer si miles distanO, by our own.rans, free of all er e? Orders fi•ott . the Coutitry, aecortpanied.by a remittance, "lee, pro , 1 , , s in mptly expcuten. NEY ',A CO., rmporters of; and Dealers in, Tea. eight dotiis front New Bridge-street. ' .%) Ate 14 ING COUGH - , "Itin - amitin, - aims, A t •t h oloreaii Rheurnatisin in-every. shape,., and Many Golity ROYALst the outheronsAmeases nr injuries for'wbich ihis, , ,, Qt Atd . I~ pe BRITISH CERATES AND LINIMENT iy oi fliost safe , and effective Remedies.that have ever ap kpe'ally.sPg Prepared Jive different cerates v and a Liniment, et te '' , whi':%ted ,to, the several cases enumerated in the printed Beady i:a accompany each Packet, and may be obtained gratui 7 , Cott , th e'Proprieprs Sharp, West, - and Co., 153, Fleet i:iip';ll.l,4°l santirtirri- all Medicine Venders in Town and ' NI .14 I l aCk ets, at 13%d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d„ and I Is. each, KITH LOSS OF TEETH SUPPLIED, UT SPRINGS, CLASPS, On WIRES, LOOSE TEETH FASTENED, And Filling Decayed Teeth Ow, WITH MINERAL MARMORATUM. ‘ ) 4 1 1 C , 131 EUR LE DRAY and Co., SUR.- h ,),„, 1t0,,,. tiZtt4:l, b.51,,',„-DENTISTS, No. 60, NEWMAN-STREET, tyr-A.ts_Yobsr,ted"r-.llE;‘,l,e.ontinue to IT , ESTO ~ E DEC , kY ED TEETH with e rett, . pßtQl.,..r..it,AL IMARAORATUM, applied without PAIN, 0 la t , , pr,„••- ,, uith„ which in a few seconds H ARDENS I , N_TO N' Eh opt tn,,VENTING and CURING the TOOTHACHE, allay 1, tie unite the most excruciating PAIN, and rendering the I: 1 ' 4 0 I_ l4 L4,4 1 t . EXTRACTION UNNECESSARY. They also 014 9 A1f,,*r Ili.fr. I EETH, whether arising from neglect, the use of tt i .,*; t , ItAr 4 , B * of the Gums INCORRODIBLE ARTIFICIAL ~ i, J 1r1 1 . „,3 t coVKETH of SURPASSING BEAUTY, FIXED, from , ttits"O era;„ThirLETE ' ET, without EX 1•11. • CTING the ROO , IS, Aft,: “AI N, the ENCUMBRANCE of SPRINGS, CL A SFS, `..E.S. any other LIGATURE, at the following PARIS A Coce,!* Artificial T00th........... ZS 10 0 A c4Pdete Set 1 5 0 Api a . Piste Set of Natural Teeth, •n fine gold n e ` e ..... . ... nnr. 15 0 0 A t , .te eth .S 4: .Oi .. Natural - or Term Mnallic tii::t ed /int tc ;a l thly finished, in the first style, with lit,i'tst H e ll th., e °cKets, usually charged 4.. guineas 20 0 0 , 6-4 1 ~Z.,,,nost improved and scientific principles, and in every Jityleth o,l=.7ect ARTICULATION and MASTICATION. Arti- N t hatZitlarebijehair remodelled to IR t hemouth, and restored equal in t. - I N ua ~ftY to their original state. liLen till Four.—N. B. No. no, Newman-street, Oxford I :k !let A FOGS AND DAMP AIR. - 4 i ii kr 11 'S ASTHMATIC CANDY bas, t:PI "ketinanY Ye ,r,:pr ei , of n i g L •rs, been proved an effectual . Preservative from wi lt , th e ~ en t i - ..op and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, Is e tift e „ 3 torn e 1: this Climate. Its effecis are to expel Wind, to pre_ >t pt tlarLfroin e b .2oM the admission of amps, and to relieve those N' ti h4iiii,„onlo ,' li culty of Breathing l "11, ra m net a il k.Y Earcla amen, 95 Farringdostrest, London; litt'''''Yed. an "3' their Y an " t by Sanger 50,1 Oxford-street ; . I 'll t eh ' t'ra Strand N i 11) 1)°'" . • rs trn -str eet teist, arch, 3.. h, Holborn ; Johnston, tiff, Cornhill ` 1 111: 11 t1 e n . Ra ck ' ' l-1 4h-street, Islington ; Heudebonrck, Dris . t, 4 1, 1** "titry ne Y i a'.d by all respectable Medicine Venders in 4 te -`' on s . oh the &:" he e.enuine, unless the names of " Barclay and ta mp affixed to each Box. v i ,„„ : e No. 14,421. PUBLICATIONS. f ~/ 'l TH WHICH THE " TRITE SUN" IS NOW Es, CORFORATED. PUBLIC DINNER TO DAVID URQUHART, ESQ AT NEWCASTLE. One of the most important meetings as regards its influ. ence on the Commercial Community of Great Britain, wa , held in the Assembly Rooms in this town, on the evening 01 Tuesday last, on the occasion of a public dinner being give,; by the Chamber of Commerce to Mr. Urquhart, in consi• deration of the eloquent and luminous address on the com mercial relations of this country, which he delivered to the Chamber of Commerce assembled in the Merchants' Court. The company assembled to do honour to his eloquence and diplomatic talents on this occasion comprised several of the most wealthy and most enterprising merchants in Newcastle —men of every shade of political opinioi , and every diver. sity of commercial pursuit. About fifty gentlemen sat down at the hour appointed. Robert Plummer, Esq., the absence of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Chamber, through illness, was called upon to preside, as sisted by Mr. Grieveson, the Secretary to the Chamber, a , vice-chairman. On the right of the Chairman, among, other distinguished individuals, were David Urquhart, E sq ., Major Hodgson Cadogan, Wm. Orde, Esq., an Thoma s Clarke, Esq. ; on the left, Henry H. Parish, Esq., Colone; Taylor, James Graham Clarke, Esq., Charles Attwood, Esq., and Charles Smith, Esq. And amongst the general company were Mr. Alderman Carr, Mr. John 1 1 1cfrri:Op, Mr. Doubleday, Mr. S. Lowrey, Mr. 'rhos. Bell, Yfe. Wilson, Mr. John Harle, Mr. M'Leod, Mr. Grey, Mr. Bertram, Mr. Liddell, Captain Palmer, Mr. Cargill, Mr. Todd, Mr. Reid, Mr. Crawhall, Mr. Mountain, Mr. Jack son, Mr. Blakey, Mr. Wylam, Mr. Proctor, Mr. New march, Mr. Reaveley, Mr. Blackwell, Mr. Pinet, Mr. Pinet, Jun., Mr. Robert Liddell, Mr. Hernaman, Mr. John Shield, Mr. Joseph Greene, Mr. C. F. Jackson, Mr. Woods, Mr. G. Henderson, Dr. Cargill, Mr. John Jobling, &c. After the cloth had been withdrawn, The CHAIRMAN gave " The Queen, with the customary bonours."—Drank with three times three. The Queen Dowager and the rest o f th e R oya l Farnil3 was also given and ank with the customary honours. " The Army and the Navy, with the healths of Colonel Taylor and Major Cadogan."—Drank with all the honours. Colonel TAYLOR could only say, that it had always been the pride of the two services to merit the countenance and support of their fellow-countrymen, and he was pleased to find, that even after a long period of peace their claims to the attention and regard of the community had not been forgotten. The CHAIRMAN, having first called for a bumper, rose and said, he was now commencing what he might properly term the business of the day ; and he ought, in the first place, to throw himself upon their kindness. He would now propose the health of their very distinguished guest, Mr. Urquhart.—(Loud applause.) It must, he thought, be a subject of congratulation to the Chamber of Com merce of Newcastle, that this gentleman had thought it of sufficient importance t o t a k e upon hi mse lf an arduousjour ney, whilst he was unfortunately in a weak state of health, in order to lay before them those views of his which at the present moment are so deeply interesting to them as a commercial part of the community of these king doms, and which he had already displayed in part in the very eloquent address which he had given to the Chamber in the Merchants' Hall a few days ago. He was satisfied that those who did hear him, from the very luminous de tails which he laid before them, and from the consequences which he drew, would admit that the very enlarged views which he takes of foreign policy ought to be interesting to all men of commerce. He would conclude by proposing, with the usual honours, " The health of Mr. Urquhart, and thanks to him for the trouble he had taken in com ing to Newcastle to lay before the Chamber of Commerce those views in regard to the commercial interests of this country which he entertains."—Drank with immense ap plause. 1& 2 VICTORI2EII. SESS. 1838. HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES for L AST SESSION complete, with INDEX, are new ready. Sets of the History, Debates, and State Trials, in handsome Binding. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1837 OUR FOREIGN POLICY. in commission about thirty sail of the line; that amount or force being considered by the British tParliament insuf ficient, the First Lord of the Admiralty in defending the conduct of Government, declared that he ought to lose his head if the armaments of this country were not a match fur the aggregate amount of force afloat belonging to other Powers. This fundamental principle of British policy has left England othera ice defenceless, relying upon this faculty of preventing aggression on our shores and our colonies, she has noarmies--England a l r eftu s npro n te gnd atheclatedsno defences one astheeoets ; andher if.Englant has the supremacy of of h t e h r e s e e m a p is ir n e ot si i i n e heearnpnoostsersseisoisnt,—thagegdriessmsieomns ' erm en t mupeonnherveryco the means cannotastssheto En praaeviend of prevent. Navalarma ts thus become existence— her supremacy at sea is her established right, and neces sarily, arises from her peculiar position, while, on the other hand, armaments in time of peace by other powers not being required for the protection of themselves—not being in the natural course of their internal defences, have never taken place before the present times without calling for instantaneous explanation on the part of Great Britain, and for decided interposition, unless they were laid down. In 1827, however, the alliance of July, for the pacifica tion of the East, in which England, France, and Russia joined, led to an increase of naval means of each of those Powers, which was no sooner established than Russia exceeded her stipulated contingents, but Mr; -Canning immediately required the recall to Cronstadt of the ad. ditional vessels. Since that period the increase of tin maritime forces of France and Russia has been going on without ever calling forth either remonstrance or re• sistance on the part of this country. The increase of those forces not only without protest, and without re sistance, but with the connivance and support of our fo reign Minister, would at any former period of our history have led to the impeachment of the Minister, and might have brought his head to the block. It is not now because unpunished, the less a national crime, it is not because un heeded, the less a calamity for England and the human race. What is the actual naval force of Great Britain ? Of the English line-of-battle ships nine are stationed in the Mediterranean ; two at Lisbon ; one employed in carrying troops without the lower deck guns ; two at America and West Indies ; one at Mexico ; making a total of fifteen line-of-battle ships actually afloat, but with peace establish ment of men, and consequently not fully ready for war. Besides these we have one in the East Indies half manned and armed ; one at the Cape of Good Hope, ditto ; three guard ships in port, in their present state not fit to go to sea without guns or men. In the mean time France has in commission twenty-two line-of-battle ships, and thirty-six frigates ; and can man immediately fifty-three line-of-battle ships, and sixty-six frigates. Russia has in the Baltic, in commission, thirty line-of-battle ships and twenty-two frigates ; in the Black Sea, fourteen line-of-battle ships and as many frigates—in all forty-four line-of-battle ships. To oppose to this force, England has available for imme diate service not more than five sail of the line, whilst the colonial possessions of Great Britain, scattered over the German, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico, are all so situated, from external and internal causes, chat upon every point we would be required to stand on the defensive in case of any attempt to destroy the peace of Europe. While such is the state of the British navy, the three powers who have se- parately violated treaties with Great Britain have at this moment in commission, and entirely available no less than seventy sail of the line, standing in a moveable mass with nothing to defend—ready for attack, to choose their own moment and their own spot, and capable of carrying to any coast of the world their thunders and their power more rapidly than the news of their design could reach the en dangered or the attaeked ; and in addition to this positive force we find the whole of the remaining powers possessed of maritime means influenced by those who have taken the load in aggression. Denmark is completely controuled by Russia. A Russian alliance is said to have been concluded with Sweden, for the purpose of excluding Great Britain from the Baltic. Holland is intimately acquainted with the designs of Russia. The most important of the maritime States of the south—Sardinia—has formed an alliance to re sist our maritime action in Spain. The Pasha of Egypt is bound up with the projects of France and the plans of Rus sia ; and he has ten sail of the line. The Dardanelles are vir tually closed against us by a formal treaty, or rather by the construction that England herself has chosen to put upon it, and which she has volunteered to support, whilst the next State in maritime importance, that of Muscat, though not within the reach of the direct influence of Russia, is under her influence indirectly, through the subserviency of Great Britain, rendered hostile to us by studied insults. Here Mr. Urquhart entered at some length into reasons assigned by Admiral De Rigay in 1830, for keeping terms with England until Russia was in a position to defy the maritime power of Great Britain. Since then Russia and France have concurrently increased their naval force, rersing a forcepiawhile Russia by obtaining •England's support in insulting her flag in the EuXine, and cutting off hei connexion with Circassia, had made fearful strides towards India, thereby controlin,g England and paralyzing h er p ower i n E uro p e . From the necessity of keeping peace with Eng land,e one France h a nd haswhi whilst, deceived o n th the other, with s she has pacific as hpereonfes preparingsions on th o a maritime force greater than England possesses ; and Russia, a t the same time is preparing France, if such protection should be required, and to t parts e e t oof a greatn t i s conspiracy against ago, protectm meiceyou a rp ist owerinlNndopisa longerae. Thae than are eighteen lan England--greater than any w hi c h s h e has o, yet T a i d le d r r e es a s r in e g hu t t h t e w ß o Repre sentatives forexperienced.Ain the world, that of England and that of Rus s ia--we cannot defend ourselves , and if you are not prep are d to defend us against Russ i a w e must make peace with R uss i a ." the late this ii n Minister country o f How can Persia hope to be maintained when you are the ally of the aggressor? From the moment it is supposed that you cannot defend your colonial possessions, must not neighbouring nations seek to take advantage of your weak ness—and will not every petty state rush forward to seek for honour by daring to insult this once great and powerful empire ? But if England is once roused to a sense of a necessity of a ction,the face of affairswill be instantly changed throughout the world. When England is prepared to main tain her rights, she will find an abundance of hearts strung in her cause —ready to respond to her call, and such will be found in Cabinets which are now her foes. If you send Members tos Parliament to represent party interests, can you complain if they neglect national interests_; but now that the eonstituenbeslivi& ebnimenced.tg setdside4arty distinction, national motives will re-appear, and new value will'be given to our institutions. ,I look .upon this assem blage, composed of *Men who have hitherto looked,upon the opinion of each Oth&' as opposed if not hostile = of men who have never before united 'for the furtheian ce of any national sa y that tlaepesttiort .in which I st an d,- o f a b ond• between the distinct and . opposing'cl asses of - nay country.. inst I n erest„for4heclaaacaey of. any common op i n i on; men, does afford me grounds of proud and high satisfaction,' and does place me in a position which I would not exchange for that of being the leader of any party, however power ful—for that of being the hero of a hundred fields of triumph. Mr. Urquhart resumed his seat amidst continued cheering. 32, Paternoster -row. FOURTH EDITION. Immediately, Fourth Edition, revised, in 2 vols. post 8v0.,, 'with Illustrations lsy Hervieu, price 215., SAM SLICK'S SAYINGS AND DOINGS; Or, THF, CLOCKAIAKER. First and Second Series. Either Series may be had separately, in one volume, price lOs. 6d Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *.* Orders received by all Booksellers. THE LONDON SATURDAY JOURNAL, A NEW CHEAP PERIODICAL, Containing Sixteen Quarto Pages—Price Twopence. THE PRELIMINARY NUMBER, in w hi c h the Principles, Objects, and Plan of the Work are fully developed, is now published, and sold by all Booksellers. No. I. will appear on January 5, 1839. 'William Smith, 113, Fleet -street, London; Fraser and Co., Edinburgh ; and Curry and Co., Dublin. SIX NEW TALES BY MR. JAMES. Illustrated with Sixteen Splendid Plates. Now ready, A BOOK OF THE PASSIONS. Love, Jealousy, Despair, Hatred, Revenge, Remorse. By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq., Author of " The Robber," " The Gipsy," &c. &c. 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The History of a Child. &c. 3, Great Marlberougla-street. d by all Booksellers. T AIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE for DECEMBER, 1838, Price ls. CONTAINS:- Letter to the Queen, on the State of the Monarchy. By a Friend of the People.—Song; Old Ireland for Ever.—Christmas. —On the Opening of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway. By Ebenezer Elliott.—Home Thoughts. By the late Robert Nicoll. —Features of Country Society in the Vicinity of London ; with Some Explanation of their Causes. By William Howitt.—A Brief Appraisal of the Greek Literature, in its Foremost Preten sions. By Thomas De Quincey.—The New Colony of South Australia, and the Penal Colonies.—The Annuals for 1839. Literary Register.—Captain Hodgson's Truths from the West Indies, &c. &c.—Political Register—Ci - nada, War with Russia, &c. &c. Mr. URQUHART, in rising to return thanks was re• ceived with an outburst of applause which continued for several minutes. When silence had been obtained he spoke nearly as follows :—Mr. President, Vice-President, and Gentlemen, I feel it would be unjust to you and to myself to receive this honourable mark of your approbation as a tribute to any services I may have rendered or any merit I possess ; I ani not, however, the less indebted or grateful for so distinguished a mark of yner entaom, a gratits In creased by the consideration that that approbation is given to those opinions of which I appear amongst you as the advocate.--(Applause.) When I had the honour of ad dressing on 'Thursday last the members of the Chamber of Commerce, I enumerated fourteen different subjects con nected with our foreign relations,' maritime law, and commercial rights, extending geographically to almost every quarter of the globe, and to most of these nations of whi c h it is composed—in which our rights had been infringed. I referred to two special points, and thus endeavoured to show the fact of aggression directed successfully against the rights and interests of Great Britain. I have proved that the trade of Great Britain has not increased. I have shown the diminution of oar trade with our old customers ; the vast extension of the trade of other countries ; the in creased dependence of the trade of Great Britain upon her own colonies, and on the East. I have proved the exist ence of designs in foreign Governments against the pros. perity and commerce of this country ; that collision is the point to which such progress must tend. It is a strange thing to see the position in which Great Britain now stands. We all recollect the energy she displayed during the war for political strength ; England alone made sacrifices— she was shorn of the! conquests which she had achie‘ied:— she who stood to ad,ninister to the wants and to sup port the rights of every continental power was, after the first year of the peace, the object of general assault. By encroachments upon commercial rights, which the British Government submits to, a foreign State secures the means of further encroachment, by placing the individual Minister in a position of dependence upon itself, having been over reached, and the Government in a position of hostility with its own subjects, whose interests it has betrayed ; it thus becomes the ally of a foreign State against its own people, whilst the nation, divided in opinion, remains doubtful and inert, and finds itself compromised in acts which are dis graceful, before it is aware that any event has occurred. The having neglected all inquiry into your national posi tion—being divided in political judgment on every event by the parties and factions into which this land is : , eparated, success in deceiving you, and in misleading you, has not been of difficult attainment, and thus, during as almost uninterrupted course of years, has this great people been rendered at once the_dupes of. foreign, diplomacy and the - tools of„ foreign arhbition. The , Subjects now de manding your earnest attention relate to the position of England within the last few years. Your commercial posi tion of itself- is •sufficiently alarming-to forth all your energies. Your colonial' empire is ''evidetiOy shaken, and not merely ibreatening you with further daniey of bringing upon you more expenditiire; :but 'involving yen, by disturb ances in the 'East and the West,, int') collisions with great and powerful nation; ;Conamotioes in Canada _must end in collision With the United. States, and in. India with- Russia and France. The maritime powers of the world. have combined in hostility against you,' while at the same time they threaten conquests on a colossal scale in the four quarters of the globe. While deploring the rapid decay of the power of Great Britain—a decay which centuries rather than months would be more adequate to measure, there has been one advantage gained ; and that is the awakening of the public mind from a state of lethargy. The first steps to a better state consist in the general aril universal recognition that we have as a nation been supine, as a people ignorant—that our leading men of all parties have been indifferent to the national interests, and that our national affairs have been mismanaged and that our restoration to the position which we formerly held can only be effected by a deliberate i n vestigation on the one hand, a n d t h a t energ y u p on the other, which, an object in v i ew an d th e necess it y f or ac ti on may conspire to give. Th e fi rs t p o i n t w hi c h we h ave t o con sider is the cha racter, the strength, an d th e o pi n i ons o f those nations which have conspired against us ; but for the proper understand ing of the character and policy of these Governments, knowledg e and correct opinions upon another subject is ne cessary —a subject least of all understood in this country, that is, the character and value of British power. There is not a village in the wilds of Bohemia—nor a tent on the wastes of Turkistan, where the character and power of England are not subjects of anxious inquiry. Search the world from north to south and from east to west, for that country where the power of Britain is least felt, that country would be this. Possessed, as England is of an extensive Colonial Empire in the four quarters of the globe, the sea is to her the connecting link be tween the various portions of her dominion, and conse quently the supremacy of the sea is necessary to the main tenance of her dominion. 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The following are extracts from Mr. Urquhart's Ad dress to the Chamber of Commerce alluded to at the open ing of his speech : Mr. URQUHART commenced by stating that in speaking to them on the subject of their commercial and their na tional interests, he had in no way to touch upon, and had nothing to do with measures connected with party politics, or doctrines connected with peculiar systems, that 116 wished to direct their attention wholly and exclusively to the management of British interests in foreign countries, which, though the chief end for which any Government is established, have been singularly, almost entirely ne glected by the people of this country. Mr. Urquhart di vided the subject into two parts, Ist. Rights infringed, 2d. Realizable advantages neglected. Under the former head he enumerated-1. Infractions of right on the subject of loans.--2. Violation of treaty respecting the commerce of Java. -3. Violation of stipulations in the treaty of Vienna, in our commerce with Poland, Cracow, &c.-4. Vio lation of previous commercial rights in Greece under the new system, and transfer of a mortgage from British capitalists to Russia, and France.-5. Ger man Customs Union, submission to foreign influence over independent States directed to the exclusion of British commerce. --6. Circassia. The surrender of natural and treaty rights ; abrogation and perversion of maritime law. 7. Algeria. Abrogation of treaty rights in the establish ment of the French Tariff-8. Senegal. Violent interfer ence by France to ruin a branch of British trade (the gum trade`. -9. N ew Al bi on. Th e f t by R us si a o f a British Colony.-10. Mexico. Interference with the course of British vessels on the high seas. Attempt, hitherto suc cessful, of interfering with neutral commerce, when there is no war, of blockading ports where there are no hostili ties.-11. Buenos Ayres. Ditto, ditto, more aggravated. U. 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Regulations jointly esta blished by Russia and Turkey interfering with previous sti pulations, whereby the rights of British commerce and of British merchants are secured throughout the Ottoman dominions. In addition to those points where there is positive in fraction of treaty stipulation, and of international right, there are others most deeply interesting to the present wel fare, and future existence of this country ; in which a dis placement is in progress of actual territorial possession, po litical influence, or commercial exchange—interesting Eng land, not merely by the positive amount of injury inflicted, but by the position of hostility which powerful nations are gradually assuming towards her. Such as the occupation by France of the Amazon River—the extension of France in Africa—her pretension to fisheries in the British Chan nel—her pecuniary demands and hostility against States whose revenues are mortgaged to England for loans—the general aggressive character of Russian policy in Europe, Asia, and America—the encroaching spirit of the United States in the North, and in the South, and in the West— the precarious position of Turkey and Persia, Affghauis tan, Lahore, and Burmah, and the consequent insecurity of our commercial relations in all points directly or indi rectly affected by the independence of these States and their amity to Great Britain. But the object of most se rious alarm, perhaps, impending over this country at the present moment, is the violation in the dark of the Con vention of Sept. 1827, between the United States of Ame rica and Great Britain, whereby the long pending differ ences respecting the North-east boundary of the United States, were referred to the final decision of the Sovereign Arbitrator. The second branch of the subject Mr. Urquhart stated to be the neglect of realizable advantages, either through the neeigence of the Government, or the ignorance of the nation. Ist. Fields of enterprise that have been left unoccupied where no restriction impeded the circulation of our com merce. These fields extended more particularly over Southern America, Northern Africa, South-eastern Europe, and the whole of Asia. 2d. Neglect of adopting our Tariff to realize objects equally desired by all, and to which there is no opposition, but which are left uninquired into, and unknown, in consequence of the absence of union amongst the com mercial communities, and of that energy which convictions and a purpose alone can give. 3d. The non-direction of our diplomacy to procuring ad vantages for the commerce of Great Britain, and in conse quence of the absence of such direction, the inertness and uselessness of that branch of the public service which, from the moment that it is incapable of giving a useful and bene ficial impulse to the public interests, becomes necessarily the tool of the superior intelligence of other Powers, and through the sacrifice of commercial rights entails positive loss, has raised up extensive hostility, has deprived Great Britain alike of the alliance of Governments, and of the friendship of nations, and has almost placed her in the alter native with the great States of the world of collision, with means unprepar e d, or of submission to aggressions already perpetrated. An opinion is very generally spread throughout England respecting the progress of our manufactures, and the in crease of our Foreign trade, and this id ea p er h aps more than a ny oth e r l ea d s to security and lulls to indifference. It is, therefore, by no means irrelevant in pressing upon you the absolute necessity of awakening to attention, and of rousing to exertion, on behalf of the compromised rights and interests of this lard, to show that that opinion is un founded, and consequently that that security is misplaced. EXPORTS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 1801 £39,730,659 I 1821 X36,659,630 1811 32,890,712 1831 37,164,372 During the present century, in which such stupendous powers have been called into being, while England has ex ercised such controuling influence over the destinies of mankind, wonderfully little or no progress has been made. If we except the years 1835-6, the amount of our trade has not equalled that which we carried on when at war with all Europe, and when every port of the north and west of Europe was closed against us. The average exports from 1801 to 1810 was 40,737,970, from :811 to 20 the ave rage was 41,484,461, from 1821 to 1830 the average fell to 36,597,623. Since then our exports have been progres sively advancing, and in 1836 they were 53,368 ; 571, ex ceeding by 1,765,623 the exports of 1815 the previously most active year. In 1837 they fell twelve millions official value Since the peace the population of France has increased seven millions, of Russia twelve millions, of Germany five millions, of Austria five millions. Our consumers have increased nearly 30,000,000. The great reduction in the cost of manufacture, the facilities of transport, originally developed, and in many respects exclusively preserved, by England, ought to have expanded the sale of her products in a still greater degree. We may therefore assume on exportation of 30 millions, instead of the 20i of 1815, as the representation of an equal degree of prosperity . ; but in stead of this sum in 1836, the year of such unwonted pro sperity, our exports to Europe amounted but to 17,500,000 ; that is, to the excess of our trade in 1836 over 1832. Let us now turn to the trade of other countries— IMPORTS. EXPORTS. French Trade in 1801... 16,609,167 ... 12,177,240 1815... 7,938,648 ... 15,908,174 1836.. 36,223,014 ... 38,451,390 Total Trade in 1801 1836 From 1824 to 1836 it has increased 108 per cent. Expenditure of France from 1827 to 1836, 14 millions more than the expenditure during the years of war up to 1810. Increase of expenditure commencing with a more determined action in the affairs of East. 1815. 1836. In 1815 American trade was... 28 mill. 1 French trade 23 mill. ...... 74 American tr a d e h as thus increased 270 per cent. in 20 years. The excess of the trade of America and France in 1836, over that of 1815, is equal to the total amount of the trade in Great Britain in 1815, while in 1815 the total amount of the trade of France and the United States was only equal to the exports of England in 1833. Mr. URQUHART then examined the causes of our ne gliunce, which he attributed to the want *f-union amongst the fyommercial communities, so that 'becoming carless of each other's interests, they became ignoranf'of, and indif ferent, to, the general 4, interests of - the country. But.' now in corning to a more ; dispassionate inquiry into the circum stances in which they stood, they were not to escape tky, throwing the blame upon' this or that puhlie man ? upon this, or' that administration.' Each Each individual present would find in his own breast the 'causes of our decline, in the apathy with which he regarded the common weal in his prefe rence of party objects to national interests, and in his submission, as a member of the most powerful nation in the world, to insults in that capacity which, if submitted to his individual person, would render him an outcast from society. Mr. URQUHART then entered into the detail of the cession of the Island of Java to the Dutch, and the process by which the rights of that island and of British commerce secured by treaty, had been extinguished. Mr. Urquhart selected Java as an illustration of the views he had stated, and as an exemplificatio❑ of the invasion of British rights by Foreign Governments, and of the consequences of the dismemberment of portions of the British empire. The population of Java is six millions. It is the fourth eastern mart for British produce after Calcutta, Bombay, and Canton. Products—Coffee, Sugar ; rapidly increasing, rich in all tropical productions. It was captured from the Dutch by Sir Samuel Auchmuty in 1811, restored and re occupied by the Dutch in 1816. Duties—import, 6 per cent. ad valorem. Ist Jan., 1818— Discriminating duty of 2 per cent. against foreign commerce. Ist November, 1818—British goods in British ships charged double duty ; that is, 12 instead of 6 per cent. ; the former rate now charged for Dutch goods. 1824 —Proclamation of Gover nor Vander Capellser ; 25 per cent. on all foreign cottons and woollens, whether in Foreign or in Dutch bottoms ; 35 if from any foreign settlement eastward of the Cape ; Dutch manufactures to be duty free, that is, reduced 6 per cent., while the others were raised 25 per cent. 1824 Treaty signed between England and Holland by which double duty was to be paid by English ships (no notice of manufactures), and 6 per cent. on such goods as paid no duty by Dutch ships. 1828 —Before this time a Dutch and a foreign merchant assessed the goods : in this year the Custom-house assumed the right of assessment ;3 5 and 40 instead of 25 per cent. was then charged on certain articles. Mr. URQUHART then p rocee d ed to the considerat i on of another most i mportant subj ec t, a ff ect i ng th e commercial interests of these lands, and that was the subject of The property of a St ate was clearly the property o f t h e in dividuals coinprisk g that State, and it was the duty of the Government t o exact the fulfilment of every stipulation strAcSTIAL ~( `t--~~ rTh -into-- between-foreign Govlrizments zolz capitalisti. Mr:l.6 tf. went o n t o show that the i 3 o /4> tion of the loans which were contracted in Engl -==-• foreign Powers did not increase the resources of th'lNabb.• bitants, whilst it was the means of upsetting constitutioW rights and disturbing mercantile affairs, and of bringing about a feeling of insecurity, by making themselves objects of cupidity to other powerful nations. He next particularized the various loans from England, amounting, in tbe aggregate (as we understood), to eighty-three millions, nine hundred and fifty thousand pounds—an amount of floating capital. throughout the world which produced a large interest,, and had the effect of making many suppose that our wade was increasing, and was one of the causes which led to Ast spirit of aggression against the commerce of Great Britanz on the part of Russia, France, and America. To convince the meeting iliat they could not do without instituting an in quiry into these sui)jrctg, such as he had proposed, he would_ mention one or two fact:. In Poland we obtained and. guaranteed the rights of unnalited commerce throughout the whole of that country, as conotituted in 1772, giving it a connexion which would have done more to strengthen it, if properly looked to, than any other ; but scarcely was the treaty of Vienna settled when an order came out for regulating the trade of Poland, and this order, like that; made at Java, was acceded to ; and to follow up this blow, there came, in 1819, a second ukase of such a restric tive nature that it rendered the exportation of cotton ' , Dods almost a nu lli ty , yet no res i stance was made to it. P oland, fell ! Had our commercial rights with that country been, maintained it would not have fallen, its material strength! would have been greater, and its ties with England would. have given it consistency, unity, and moderation ; and yet when Poland fell the politician declaimed and the phifssa thrt;nist mourned, but where was the mercantile community' of Great Britain, the real and now the only guardians of the rights of ,;:iankind by the maintenance of their own. word would h ave b een d ec i s i ve. From that b o dy 0 ;:c What was the obj ec t w hich led Russia t o t urn h er atten tion to the E a st'? counteract the contr o l w hi c h It was tt; we had over her commerce, and tlle more certainly to im part ouri. From the moment she / I.lcl taken a position which mu s t u lti mate l y l ea d to a coll i s i on with this country, her grand o bj ec t was to b ecome independent .of this coun try politically and commercially. DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE LIVERPOOL and MANCHESTER RAILWAY. We regret to state that a dreadful collision took place• this morning on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.. It appears, as far as we have been able to ascertain the particulars of the accident, that the seven o'clock train from Manchester had, in consequence of something being wrong in the macbinery of the engine, stopped at Huytoa Quarry to repair the damage. As the Birmingham mail train was about due, and as it would come down on the same incline, precautions were taken, we have been in formed, to warn the engineers of the stoppage of the Man chester train on the road. These precautions seem not to have been effectual, or they escaped the notice of the Grand Junction people, for the engine of this train dashed into the carriages of the Manchester train. The crash was dread ful. The carriages, particularly those next to the downs engine, were broken in pieces, the seats being broken into fragments. Fortunately, many of the passengers, owing to the stoppage of the train, had got out on the road, and escaped the effects of the collision. Of those who remained in their seats, several were slightly hurt by the shock, while three were, we have heard, dreadfully maimed. One gentleman was so much injured that apprehensions are en tertained for his life : he was conveyed back to Manchester. Morning Post. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. We have distrusted the reports that have been in circu lation respecti;:y., Abd-el-Rader ; and we acted prudently, for while the Arabs ;'ere bri nging the news of his death, or, at least, of his captivity, to the province of Algiers, not even a suspicion of such e‘ent: was entertained at Oran, a province bordering on the domint.'ns of the Emir, and from which we usually receive the most: correct accounts of the affairs of Abd-el-Rader. The followit:ff is the letter which we have received from our correspondent : " ORAN, Nov. 12, 1838.—The Arabs inform us that Abd-el-hider has sent for his Kalifat, and that the latter havin g arrived from Muscara, has taken the comnvmd d the troops encamped before Ain Madi. " Abd-el-Rader will therefore return to the province,. where his presence is said to be necessary." We believe in fact that the slow progress of the siege which he has undertaken obliges him to show himself among his tribes, in order not to leave malicious reports time to obtain credit. The Emir is more intent than ever on destroying his; adversary, and it is aGvvoca on g ood grounds that b e him vowed to cute r th e c ity o f t h e Tedgeni ; though it should cost him much valuable time and his best soldiers. Ac— cording to another letter the Emperor of Morocco has just sent Abd-el Rader several pieces of cannon, and 2,000 muskets. A plan of the town of Air Madi is circulated at Oran ; it is defended by 1,000 men; but provisions begin to be scarce, and it is feared that they will be redueNi to submit by the blockade. The Itioniteur of this morning has no official part. It was announced yesterday at the Palais that the family of Fehr was going to bring an action for damages against the soldier Belabre. Don Manuel de Godoy, son of the Prince of the Peace, is at Bordeaux. He comes from Madrid, and is going to Paris and England.—Courrier de Bourdeaux, Nov. 23. At the advanced hour at which we are obliged to go to Press the English Journals have not arrived. --Lc Cox :tit If tiOnnel. PORTUGAL. (From a Second Edition of the Times.) A Lisbon mail bas just arrived. It was brought to Fal mouth by the William Fawcett steamer, which left the Tagus on the 18th inst., bound for London, but was obliged to put into the former port in consequence of adverse weather. The baptism of the young Prince, the Duke of Oporto,. was celebrated on the 14th with all the pomp and ceremony which our correspondent's letter received by the last packet, which sailed on that day, anticipated. A representation was lately made by the British mer chants to the Portuguese Government for the appointment of one day in each month for the hearing of causes in which British subjects may be parties. The representation has been duly listened to, and the judicial authorities have ordered arrangements to be made in accordance with the wish of the memorialists. The following is an extract from our correspondent's let ter of the 18th inst. : " The Tagus steam-packet, Commander Symons, arrived yesterday from London and Falmouth with the mails of the 10th inst., bringing his Excellency Lord Howard de Walden and family, who resumes his functions as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of her Most Faithful Majesty " It is with regret I have to add, that her Majesty the Queen i s so i n di sposed from the effects of anothet - kolclas to be obliged keep, her•l ie d ; w hil e ' Mt' happy to- state that the. Royal inf an t is cl q inowell. " Arrived on t h e 14th instant, the British .b t ar4 Paley, from; L 1 with a full cargo consisting. of balp goods, iron, -tin ; the - schooner Adel,' 'froth` dlas c . gow, with 116 tons of; eoals.• 'On - the - 'l6.tli* the" British schooner Visiter, from Liverpool, with 55 tons of coal. On the 17th, the Tagus steam-packet, from London and Fal mouth, with the mail of the 10th inst. " Sailed on the 18th, the French war steamer Le Ton nere, for Rochefort, conveying his Excellency Lieutenant- General Count Durosnel, Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of the French. " Exchange upon London, at 30 days' sight, Mid. per milrei ; discount on ex-paper money, 52} per cent. On Monday night last a meeting of fully ten thou sand people took place at Trowbridge, by torch-light, to adopt measures for collecting the national rent io the district. It was announced that Mr. Henry Vincent and Mr. W. P. Roberts would attend, on their return from Dorsetshire. About six o'clock the people began to , assemble at the barracks, near Trowbridge. The pro cession formed, and banners were placed in suitable positions, two hundred torches were lighted, and placed in distances along the procession which extended full a mile on the road. The announcement of the arrival of Messrs. Vin cent and Roberts was received with hearty cheering. The procession then moved on, and the effect was truly impos ing —on entering the town it was one blaze of light. The procession passed over the bridge, through the marktt place. There could not have been less than two thousand women in the procession. On reaching Timbrel-street the procession halted, and took up its position opposite a bal cony, from which it was ar r a ngedthe mn speaw. p kerss . ho ß u o ld ber a t d s: ad dress the meeting. Mr. Carrier , and Mr. Vincent addressed the meeting, and the resolu.- tions proposed were carried. Three cheers were giver! for the National Convention, and the meeting separated. AN INSIDE PASSENGER.—A worthy Magistrate of a neighbouring county, who sometimes handles the reins. and cracks the whip en the box of a stage coach, was re cently lecturing an unfortunate wight who was brought be fore him, and ended by consigning him to prison for a te dious month. 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